Let me ask you a question…

Are you the type of person who can't stay motivated long enough to stick to your diet?

If so what if there was a way that you could achieve that goal without relying too much on self-discipline, self-control or will power? Well there is. Keep reading..

At some point in your life would you like to achieve goals consistently where you will feel almost effortless doing things to gain success in your life? If so, you’d obviously want to do this all the time…right? Of course. Well if you’re serious about success, it’s important to know not only how to get success but staying on track with your goal.

Success is simply achieving a goal. Maybe you’re goal is to lose weight. Improve an area of your life. Learn something new. Get something you really want or maintain a good relationship. I know this will work.

I do believe what I’m going to be sharing with you will be valuable and useful. Ok onward.

There are actually two ways to achieve goals for most people. This is something that we are naturally born of how we approach achieving goals. There are left brain people and the right brain people.

This is what we do when we want to achieve goals:

1. Goal setting. We plan and follow the necessary steps to achieve it.

2. Problem Solving. Create the problem and find solutions.

By just reading above, you probably be able to identify which type of way you achieve goals. Both of them are effective. Here is the problem that we deal with the steps above.

On the first one we become so goal oriented and follow the steps so much that when we encounter a problem, we become stuck. We don’t know how to get around with it. Our steps are interrupted and we eventually FAIL at some point.

On the second one we create so much problem and solutions that eventually we get lost and forget our original goal. We come up with solutions but we also come up with a continuous problem and eventually FAIL because we never reach that goal.

Both require tremendous will power to really have the discipline to stick with it.

So what’s the answer? I’m glad you asked.

We both need the 2 steps above to make success easier or attainable. There is a 3rd option, the one which requires less will power. It is a combination of both. It is called “Inevitably Thinking”.

Setting up a situation where it happens naturally. This concept is from Milton H. Erickson, M.D. who wrote the book “My Voice will go with you”. He was an American psychiatrist specializing in medical hypnosis and family therapy. He was considered the greatest hypnotist of all time. Here is one of his examples.

There was a guy complaining about being addicted to drinking and says he can’t stop even though he wanted to. What Milton advised him was: “Don’t stop drinking. In fact drink as much as you like but you need to walk 5 miles to get the drink and 5 miles back after the drink. What happened was the guy stops drinking eventually.

You see the guy had a goal to stop drinking which is his goal setting and Milton added the problem which is he needs to walk 5 miles back and forth which is the only solution is to stop drinking. He used the inevitably thinking. The guy already know what to do to stop drinking but it would require him tremendous will power to stay on his goal because he is addicted to drinking.

Create leverage for yourself to your goals by using inevitably thinking. Let me give you an example. Let’s say you want to lose weight. You know you need to eat properly and exercise but you are just not doing it. Try giving money to someone who you trust and report to. Tell them that if you do not exercise for the day of your scheduled exercise they can have the money. Give them money for another try. What you are doing is leveraging your efforts by putting something on the line.

You have your goal setting which is eat properly and exercise and you have a problem to solve if you don’t follow which is you will lose money. The only way to achieve goal which is lose weight and solve the problem which is losing money is to eat properly and exercise. I’m not talking extreme here or you really need to give $100,000. You can have $100-500.You can even use things that you don’t like doing not just money.

Let’s say my goal is to was to lose 1-2 lbs per week by following a diet and workout plan. There was a time when I felt like not doing it because I don’t have much will power. I invested on the equipments and foods that I need to eat properly. I hate wasting money. For every time I don't follow my workout and diet I would be wasting the money I invested for my health. It kept me going and made me successfully lose 20 lbs and reach my weight goal. If you can’t find someone who can work with you on this you need to have integrity to yourself.

You created a problem when you don’t follow your goal and the only way to reach your goal is to follow it while giving solution to the problem. I hope you’ve learn something in this journal. Make use of inevitably thinking. Thanks for taking time to read this. Feel Free to share this to your friends who might benefit from Calories for weight Loss Alberta Blog.